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Research Note

“I Thought My Idea to Use Your Idea Was a Great Idea”: Inadvertent Plagiarism in Marketing

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Pages 300-309 | Received 07 Dec 2020, Accepted 27 Oct 2021, Published online: 13 Dec 2021

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